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Frances Alda

Frances Alda

Frances Alda (1879–1952) was one of the world's greatest sopranos. Born Fanny Jane Davis in Christchurch, New Zealand, which claims her as a prominent expatriate, she was raised in Melbourne, where she began singing operetta in 1897.

2 portraits in the collection

Frances Alda

Frances Alda

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 1937

Frances Alda

Frances Alda

Frances Alda

Frances Alda, 1912

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2007

Frances Alda

Frances Alda

Frances Alda

Frances Alda, 1918

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Roger Neill 2006

Frances Alda

Bewitching

Magazine article by Roger Neill, 2006

Roger Neill delves into the life of a lesser-known Australian diva, Frances Alda.

Miss Frances Samuel

Frances Samuel

Frances Samuel (1818-c. 1898) was a member of one of early Sydney's most significant Jewish settler families.

1 portrait in the collection

Frances Perry

Frances Perry

Frances Perry (1815-1892) met Charles Perry through her brother, a student at Cambridge, and after they married, the couple lived at St Paul’s Cambridge, where he was vicar, for six years.

1 portrait in the collection

Frances Saville

Frances Saville

Frances Saville (1865-1935), soprano, came to Australia from San Francisco as a small child.

1 portrait in the collection

Miss Frances Samuel

Miss Frances Samuel

Miss Frances Samuel

Miss Frances Samuel, 1840

Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased 2011

Frances Perry

Frances Perry

Frances Perry

Frances Perry, c. 1863

Batchelder & O'Neill

Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite

Purchased 2012

Frances Saville

Frances Saville

Frances Saville

Frances Saville, 1903

Reutlinger Studios

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2007

Frances (Fanny) Cato

Frances (Fanny) Cato

Frances (Fanny) Cato

Frances (Fanny) Cato, 1933

an unknown artist

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift in memory of Frederick John Cato Kumm 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Portrait 20

June - August 2006

This issue of Portrait Magazine features Dame Nellie Melba and Frances Alda, Leigh Bowery, Karin Catt, Sidney Nolan and more.

Anna Frances Walker

Anna Frances Walker

Anna Frances Walker

Anna Frances Walker, c. 1865

Portrait, albumen print photograph, carte de visite format on paper on card

Purchased 2022

Portrait 59

NPG Washington director Kim Sajet on the Obama portraits, Sarah Ball’s Immigrants, judging the NPPP, Frances Hodgkins, and Picnic at Hanging Rock.

Millicent Preston Stanley Vaughan

Millicent Fanny Preston-Stanley Vaughan

Millicent Fanny Preston Stanley (1883–1955), politician and feminist, was born Millicent Stanley in Sydney in 1883, the daughter of a grocer named Augustine Stanley and his wife Frances (née Preston).

1 portrait in the collection

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